“She Wanted to Be Julie Andrews/He Was Supposed to Be Steve McQueen”: Using Iconic Media Form(s) to Situate Gender as Learned

• In Event: Roundtable Session 69
  In Roundtable Session: Exploring the Role of Digital Media Play in Understanding Identity

Abstract

We, the authors and participants of our autographic and duo-ethnographic study, engaged with influential cinematic icons from our respective childhoods to articulate and dis/articulate our gender heritages, particularly in relationship to formal and unformal curriculum. We situate gender as learned, mediated, performed while situated within cultural stratifications and artifacts that connect media, culture, and curriculum.

Authors

• Jennifer Jo Peterson, York University

• Steven Paul Camicia, Utah State University